Herping in New York. Huge black rat snakes!

[martin-bernstein]

This June my GF and I went herping in the Hudson Valley, about an hour drive north of NYC. We went to this little pond that was dammed up with an old, stone dam. I climbed down the dam and sure enough I find myself starring at two massive black rat snakes coiled on top of each other. Judging from the girth of their bodies and the size of their heads they were probably seven or eight footers. In the same stone dam we found a bunch of ring necks, a fat northern watersnake and and eastern milk. A great day!

 

[Drewby07]

Looks like you actually caught the obsoleta mating!

 

[Nanci]

Wow- perfect day herping.

 

[VickyChaiTea]

Amazing! Ringnecks are pretty difficult to find in RI, sucks because they're so beautiful!

 

[wax32]

Great herping day. I need to get off the couch!

 

[Rick3521]

Great finds. Do you know the exact location of where you went herping. I tried going to a couple places here in the area (Im in Mount Vernon NY, lower Westchester county) but I didnt find much. Hopefully next spring Ill get a chance to go further north.

Rick

 

[KellyT321]

cool! i live in the hudson valley so ill have to go search sometime maybe ill get lucky like you guys.

 

[martin-bernstein]

Hey New Yorkers! Garrison is the town we were in at a place called catfish pond. I've since returned to the same spot, once in July and once in August, but no snakes were to be found. Either the wall dried out too much or it just got too hot in there. Go back next June! My GF has seen rattlers near that spot previous years.

 

[Rick3521]

Hey thanks for the info I just did a mapquest search and its saying that Garrison is 40 miles from where I live. Im going to have to check it out next spring.

Rick

 

[TripleT]

Don't those BRS's know the dangers on co-habbing ??????



Kidding !

 

[WingedSweetheart]

Lot of ring necks live in my basement!